This is how green beret frauds are caught, a simple tip

[Team Sergeant]

Like most frauds that are caught, a simple tip from a reader set this in motion.

Keep sending the tips, you will remain anonymous and we will go after the frauds.;)




New York man accused of fabricating decorated Green Beret military career
By Kathleen Joyce | Fox News

A New York man fabricated his decorated military career, with claims of being a Green Beret, receiving medals for courage under fire and serving for 25 years all being exposed as lies, according to military documents.
Papotia Reginald Wright, of Brooklyn, claimed he served with Special Forces, but military documents obtained through the Freedom of Information Act, showed the veteran was not a Green Beret and did not go beyond a “specialist rank,” the New York Post reported.





http://www.foxnews.com/us/2017/12/15/new-york-man-accused-fabricating-decorated-green-beret-military-career.html

[tonyz]

Daily Mail also picked up the story today - couldn't get into other Papotia Reginald Wright thread but thought it may be of interest - so posted here.

Stolen Valor: Brooklyn army veteran who pretended to be a decorated Green Beret and wore the Purple Heart to fancy galas is exposed as a FRAUD

Army vet Papotia Reginald Wright is accused of fudging his illustrious military career
He claimed he served 25 years, but he served less than a decade and never saw combat
Wright wore a phony Green Beret uniform, a Special Forces patch and a Purple Heart
He used his ruse to allegedly gain access to fancy galas and Giants field access
Wright was found out after the Guardians of the Green Beret received a tip and started an investigation
By Jessica Finn For Dailymail.com
PUBLISHED: 01:58 EST, 15 December 2017 | UPDATED: 07:42 EST, 15 December 2017

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5182165/Army-vet-faked-Green-Beret-Purple-Heart-access-galas.html#ixzz51LhjaQ24
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[Team Sergeant]

Kathleen Joyce | Fox News (or whomever wrote your script) Stolen Valor “not a crime against our nations heroes” ………..

Stolen Valor is not “a crime against our nations heroes”, it’s a crime against our nation.

We do not own the medals we receive, America does and its America that bestows her medals upon us.

Many of these medals have been in circulation for over a century, given to our military members to “honor” their service to our nation. At any formal military formation with just a glance, you can tell which soldiers have crossed that line in the sand and how they conducted themselves in the face of the enemy. It is these men and women that understand the sacrifice to our nation, not the fraud, not the civilian, not the journalist and not the politician.

Military frauds purchase our nations medals not to steal our valor, but to defraud America. Our honor cannot be stolen, traded, or gifted. And while some dishonorable corporations, politicians or journalists will try, our valor is not for sale.

These military frauds should be a wake-up call to America. You will believe anything, accept the contemptible and trust the dishonorable.

The valor stolen is not ours, it is Americas.

[Stobey]

Thank you, TS. Very well said. Here is Breitbart's version of the story:

http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/12/15/stolen-valor-man-fraudulently-poses-green-beret-worm-way-new-york-society/

[Team Sergeant]

Thank you, TS. Very well said. Here is Breitbart's version of the story:

http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/12/15/stolen-valor-man-fraudulently-poses-green-beret-worm-way-new-york-society/

Aye, we know the real story........twas green berets that landed this slimy worm. ;) How much slime he and his Moby Dick got on everyone involved is what made the story amusing.

At least all involved will be making his "new year" very interesting indeed. We certainly hope to be reading about him again. ;)